Lashain Taylor Online Vs Face To Face
Lashain Taylor
Essentials of Contemporary Communication
(ENG/135) Week 5
June 09th, 2015
Jennifer Mann
The difference between presenting information in a face-to-face environment versus an online environment.
Communicating face-to-face or online proves to be very effective in their right. However, making a presentation allows for certain privileges that cannot be obtained in an online environment. Each has their drawbacks as well that can create barriers to communicating. Based on an article written by Scott Campbell, in recent years there has been a growing trend of using the Internet as a new medium of communication instead of traditional face-to-face communication. It is now commonplace for people to conduct one-on-one video chats with someone across town or the globe. In addition to one-on-one communication, web-based conference technologies provide people with the opportunity to hold meetings, attend seminars, and deliver presentations to people all over the world without leaving their office or home.
Wikipedia explains that face-to-face interaction is a concept in sociology, linguistics, media and communication studies describing social interaction carried out without any mediating technology. While, communication in an online environment is primarily via the Web, email, user specific chat rooms, or message boards, therefore, there is no body language to read, and the protocols of any conversations that may occur in this medium are not predetermined. (McInnerney and Roberts, 2002)
How did the presenters demonstrate their knowledge of the audience?
The first presentation watched was by the presenter – Hawkeye Richardson and he demonstrated his knowledge of his audience through the training topic selected for his ‘staff members’. Richardson’s presentation was to assist the staff with an area that was relatively new to them, and so they had to be given insight into this to enhance their day-to-day operations. There seemed to be no prior
Essentials of Contemporary Communication
(ENG/135) Week 5
June 09th, 2015
Jennifer Mann
The difference between presenting information in a face-to-face environment versus an online environment.
Communicating face-to-face or online proves to be very effective in their right. However, making a presentation allows for certain privileges that cannot be obtained in an online environment. Each has their drawbacks as well that can create barriers to communicating. Based on an article written by Scott Campbell, in recent years there has been a growing trend of using the Internet as a new medium of communication instead of traditional face-to-face communication. It is now commonplace for people to conduct one-on-one video chats with someone across town or the globe. In addition to one-on-one communication, web-based conference technologies provide people with the opportunity to hold meetings, attend seminars, and deliver presentations to people all over the world without leaving their office or home.
Wikipedia explains that face-to-face interaction is a concept in sociology, linguistics, media and communication studies describing social interaction carried out without any mediating technology. While, communication in an online environment is primarily via the Web, email, user specific chat rooms, or message boards, therefore, there is no body language to read, and the protocols of any conversations that may occur in this medium are not predetermined. (McInnerney and Roberts, 2002)
How did the presenters demonstrate their knowledge of the audience?
The first presentation watched was by the presenter – Hawkeye Richardson and he demonstrated his knowledge of his audience through the training topic selected for his ‘staff members’. Richardson’s presentation was to assist the staff with an area that was relatively new to them, and so they had to be given insight into this to enhance their day-to-day operations. There seemed to be no prior
References: McInnerney, J. M. and Roberts, T. S. (2002). Online learning and effective communication. In S. McNamara and E. Stacey (Eds), Untangling the Web: Establishing Learning Links. Proceedings ASET Conference 2002. Melbourne, 7-10 July. http://www.aset.org.au/confs/2002/mcinnerney.html http://www.aabri.com/manuscripts/142123.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face-to-face_interaction